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Final drive comes up just shy as Loyalsock suffers 28-21 loss at home to Bloomsburg

For a moment, Loyalsock had an enormous fourth-down goal-line stand with less than six minutes on the scoreboard. Loyalsock’s defense held strong for four consecutive plays inside the 5-yard line and shifted momentum. But an unfortunate penalty resulted in a facemask on that fourth-down stand and, in turn, it gave Bloomsburg another shot on fourth-and-goal from the 1 yard line. And this time, Bloomsburg converted. After being denied on the previous run, Shane Frey took it under center on a tush-push type of play and scored a go-ahead touchdown for the Panthers with 5:56 to ...

Williamsport’s offense rolls to 49-21 win over Hazleton

A year ago, Williamsport’s Zion Hughes watched his best friend Tevin Williams assume the role of starting quarterback after Hughes tore an ACL in the preseason. Hughes worked hard and overcame a spring setback, finding his way back to the football field this fall for his senior season. And in poetic fashion, Williamsport’s first home touchdown of the year involved Hughes and his best friend Williams. Williams handed the ball off to Trey Damschroder in motion, Damschroder pitched it backwards to Hughes and Hughes found Williams in the flat. The rest was all Williams. The reigning ...

Becht throws 4 TDs as No. 18 PSU beats Marshall 45-0

STATE COLLEGE — Rocco Becht threw for 271 yards with four touchdowns and No. 18 Penn State beat Marshall 45-0 to begin the Matt Campbell era on Saturday. Becht, a transfer who followed Campbell from Iowa State to Happy Valley, was in command in his Beaver Stadium debut and secured his ...

Neil Rudel on Penn State: Campbell will ‘trust’ his process

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State football coach Matt Campbell was asked the other day to name his top performers of fall camp, and he proceeded to list half the roster. “We’re going to rotate a lot,” he said leading into today’s season opener with Marshall (3:30 p.m., FS1). “We’ll play a lot of guys.” With so much roster transition – more than half the team is new, including 24 transfers who came with Campbell from Iowa State – fans will definitely need a roster to become familiar. In fact, this was probably a year to depart from tradition and put the names on the ...

Week 2 area football box scores

Bloomsburg 28, Loyalsock 21 Bloomsburg 0 7 14 7 — 28 Loyalsock 0 7 7 7 — 21 Second quarter B—Shane Frey 4 run (Oakley Wodehouse kick), 5:00 L—Dyson Dupont 25 pass to Clynton Taylor (Ethan Boyer kick), 1:16. Third quarter B—Frey 14 pass to Julius Serrano (Wodehouse kick), 8:11. L—Dupot 21 pass to Zion Cobb (Boyer kick), 6:00. B—Frey 2 run (Wodehouse kick), 1:20. Fourth quarter L—Dupont 3 pass to Ivan Baker (Boyer kick), 11:27. B—Frey 1 run (Wodehouse kick), 5:56. TEAM STATISTICS B L First ...

Bucktail falls to Ott-Eldred 28-20 in Week 2 football action

For the second week in a row Bucktail’s slow start proved too much to overcome as early miscues allowed the Otto-Eldred Terrors to jump out to a 16-point lead lead on their way to a 28-20 win, knocking the Bucks to 0-2 to start the season. Bucktail fans again will no doubt look at the ...